Chapter 898: The Arrival of the Divine King

In just over a moment, Su Che captured hundreds of people. Though they were all divine clones, he was confident that their original bodies wouldn’t even have time to react to what was happening.
Once inside the Immortal Prison, the connection between clones and their original bodies would be completely severed. Coupled with Su Che’s swift actions, their original bodies would surely assume that their divine clones had suffered a fierce attack and thus perished.
“A few hundred divine clones should be enough, right?”
Although he was acting deceitfully, he couldn’t be too obvious or excessive. Su Che’s plan was to extract the clone skills from these people, combine them, and if that wasn’t enough, capture more.
So, carrying Osen, he wandered around the battlefield, continuously collecting divine soul crystals. Meanwhile, inside the fifth layer of the Immortal Prison, hundreds of unconscious divine clones were having their skills extracted.
“It’s not enough!”
After a dozen breaths, Lao He said, “This kind of clone ability isn’t only lacking in you, the master, but also in the laws of the Immortal Prison. Therefore, we must first satisfy those laws before they can be granted to you.”
“I see.”
Su Che immediately understood. The power of the laws in the Immortal Prison universe originated from their own Immortal Spirit universe, while this extremely special clone ability was unique to the Holy Light universe. Thus, the Immortal Prison universe had to learn it first before it could be his turn.
So, if he wanted to satisfy the laws of the Immortal Prison, just a few hundred mid-tier or high-tier divine clones wouldn’t even suffice.
Did he have to capture all 200,000 Holy Light deities in this battlefield?
“If I really did that, things would get out of control. It’s possible that the laws of the Holy Light universe would intervene to punish me, an intruder.”
Su Che thought this possibility wasn’t impossible. After all, if an outsider rushed into someone else’s home and acted recklessly, how could the homeowner remain indifferent?
In chaos, Su Che could ignore the laws of any universe, but now, being on someone else’s territory, his abilities would be suppressed and weakened in every way.
In theory, it was like allowing a powerful being to enter the Immortal Prison, where he could use the laws of the Immortal Prison to restrain them. Unless that powerful being’s strength was beyond imagination, capable of overthrowing the laws of the Immortal Prison universe and establishing their own set of rules according to their will—meaning the Immortal Prison would change hands and be forcibly taken over by them.

Lao He also understood this principle and said, “Arresting two hundred thousand low-level deities is definitely an unacceptable approach. However, capturing just a few hundred god kings or two or three sacred deities with the strength of Immortal Lords should not be a problem, right?”
Su Che did not respond. In fact, he wasn’t entirely in agreement with Lao He’s view.
Take our Immortal Universe as an example—there are only a dozen or so Immortal Lords. What kind of situation would arise if outsiders captured two or three of them?
It seems unlikely to do it silently without anyone knowing.
Unless, in the heavens of the Sacred Radiance Universe, there are numerous Immortal Lord-level deities—maybe eight thousand even if not ten thousand—then losing two or three wouldn’t matter much.
Perceiving Su Che’s thoughts, Lao He replied, “It’s possible indeed. You see, the Sacred Radiance Universe is the oldest major universe in chaos. So, it’s not strange that there are many Immortal Lord-level deities. Perhaps it’s because there are so many top-tier deities that the divine realm can no longer hold them all, so a heavens was created to relocate them there.”
“That makes sense.”
Su Che nodded inwardly. “Maybe you’re right. This could be the reason for the creation and existence of the heavens.”
Fully understanding the Sacred Radiance Universe was the ultimate goal of this journey. Su Che wanted to figure out why it could thrive and endure forever in chaos.
Understanding this would be of great help to him. After all, in the near future, the Immortal Prison would also become a major universe in chaos. As its master, he naturally hoped it would endure forever.
In short, he had come all this way to the Sacred Radiance Universe to seek knowledge.
Before long, Su Che led Osen on a thorough tour of the battlefield. Osen had already collected over ten thousand divine soul crystals, indicating how many deity avatars had died there.
Osen was extremely excited. Just half of those over ten thousand divine soul crystals could expand his divine kingdom by nearly a thousand times, while the rest could be converted into divine power crystals to buy a large number of followers from some god king’s trading temple…
With these enhancements, he could reach the strength of those established higher deities in a short time. Even the Supreme God Mo Lin would have to treat him differently and couldn’t casually control his life and death.
“That should be enough.”

Su Che whispered to Orson, “If this continues, it’s likely to draw the attention of gods like Mo Lin. That could have negative consequences for your future, right?”
“Yes, yes.”
Orson’s voice trembled as he nodded repeatedly. No matter how excited he was, he still had some sense. He knew Su Che couldn’t stay and protect him forever; in some aspects, it was better to keep a low profile.
So, Su Che stopped collecting divine soul crystals and simply focused on protecting Orson from harm. As the battle intensified, more and more divine avatars were destroyed, drastically reducing the number of fighters on the battlefield to less than a hundred thousand.
Overall, the invading army led by the three main gods of Mo Lin was in the upper hand, while the gods of Vah were retreating steadily. Their divine avatars had been almost completely wiped out, and it would be extremely unwise to risk losing their true bodies as well.
A true body, generally speaking, was the strongest form of a main god’s physique, even more important than a divine kingdom. After all, a lost divine kingdom could be rebuilt; but if the true body was destroyed and only one or two mid-tier divine avatars remained, the divine kingdom could still not be preserved, and the god’s power would drop by a significant level, forcing them to start over from scratch.
Just as the invading army seemed about to secure victory, a strange disturbance appeared in the starry sky.
Buzz… buzz…
A cosmic black hole suddenly formed, blocking the invading army’s path.
“What is this?”
Ah! Ah! Ah! Screams erupted as thousands of divine avatars who couldn’t escape were swallowed by the black hole. Its terrifying gravitational pull spread rapidly, affecting more people behind them.
“Retreat quickly!”
The three main gods—Mo Lin, Kechi, and Mut—shouted in unison, also retreating in panic.
“Ah! Ah…”
“Save me!”
The screams grew louder and louder. Just one black hole had devoured most of the remaining sixty thousand members of the invading army, with only over twenty thousand able to retreat to safety in time.
Although this black hole seemed terrifying, for Su Che, it could be torn apart with just a breath. Yet, adhering to his earlier principle—that he shouldn’t interfere in matters of the Holy Light Universe unless they affected him directly—he simply took Orson to a safe place without trying to rescue those divine avatars who had been consumed.
“They’re just avatars. No one really died. There’s no need to feel sorry for them.”

Lao He lit a campfire in the Immortal Prison and was grilling a strange beast he had never tasted before. Ironically, this beast, with its extremely ugly and ferocious appearance, shared many similarities with Lao He—both had demon-like heads, sharp horns, and rows of fangs, looking terrifying… The only difference was that this beast moved on four legs while Lao He walked on two.

Lao He had a great ambition: to taste every kind of wild game in the world. Of course, the so-called “world” had long expanded to encompass the entire Chaos. But as of now, he still hadn’t tried all the wild foods in the Immortal Prison universe.

As Lao He tore off the first piece of meat dripping with hot oil from the roasted beast, in the starry sky, the black hole that devoured gods suddenly transformed into a giant mouth before vanishing in an instant and turning into a human figure.

“King Valon?”

The three main gods of Mo Lin were shocked and immediately asked, “Your Majesty Valon, didn’t you say earlier that you wouldn’t protect the sinner Vah? Then why…?”

King Valon, with his bulky body, large belly, and body covered in totems, looking like an ancient ogre, laughed heartily. “That’s right. I said I wouldn’t protect Vah, so I don’t care about his life or death. I just came out to find some food.”

Hearing this, how could the three main gods of Mo Lin not realize they had been tricked by this king? They never expected a high-ranking king to break his word and play such despicable tricks.

Meanwhile, Lao He squinted in the Immortal Prison and licked his lips. “Master, capture him and roast him over this fire as well.”

Su Che’s eyes twitched—he was once again defeated by Lao He’s extreme taste. If someone like him could eat such things, what else could be considered extreme taste?

“I, Lao He, am neither human nor god but a demon. It’s normal for me to eat whatever I want,” Lao He growled indistinctly as he bit into the meat in his hand. “If I don’t like someone, I just eat them. Isn’t that fine?”

In other words, as soon as King Valon appeared, he displeased Lao He, triggering an even stronger appetite.

At the same time, Valon floated in the starry sky, rubbing his belly and smiling sinisterly. “That bite just filled me 60% full. You remaining twenty-some thousand divine clones, don’t even think about going back. Come in here all of you.”

Before his words faded, he teleported again, turning into an even larger black hole and beginning his second act of devouring.

It was obvious that not even the avatars of the three main gods of Mo Lin would be spared; not a single person could escape, including Su Che and Osen. But this time, he failed to swallow even one person. Instead, with a strange “uh” sound, some force pushed him back from his black hole form to his original shape. His obese and bulky body tumbled through the starry sky, flying thousands of miles away in a highly humiliating manner. “Who?” Straining to stabilize himself, he looked around frantically and roared at the endless starry sky, “Who is it? Who betrayed me? If you’ve got the guts, show yourself!”